SLASH - "I Wasn’t Trying To Consciously Bridge Any Generation Gaps"
February 15, 2010, 14 years ago
Todd Martens of The Los Angeles Times recently interviewed former GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER guitarist SLASH about his forthcoming self-titled solo album, which features a plethora of guest vocalists. An excerpt follows:
"I wasn’t trying to consciously bridge any generation gaps or to try to be eclectic," Slash said. "I wrote the music first, and I took the different styles of music that I was writing and farmed it out to singers who I thought might like it or be appropriate for. So for instance, I’d say, ‘Adam Levine would sound amazing on this.‘ So while that may be way off the beaten Slash path, I knew that’s what I would sound great.""As a solo artist, I could get away with a lot of things that aren’t confined by the parameters of being in a band," Slash said. "This was a musical statement for me. I provided music for the singers, and it was an open campus for them to do what they wanted. Some people we collaborated on the music, and did whatever was necessary for that singer to have as much input, and some instances the arrangement I set the demo is the way it came out on the record. They had free rein on the lyrics and the vocal melodies. "
To read the article in its entirety, click here.
Slash will be released in North America on April 6th via EMI and in the UK on May 10th through Roadrunner Records. The album will be released on March 31st in Japan via Universal with an exclusive bonus DVD.
Slash tracklisting with guest vocalists:
'Ghost' (Ian Astbury of THE CULT)
'Beautiful Dangerous' (Fergie of THE BLACK EYED PEAS)
'Nothing To Say' (M Shadows of AVENGED SEVENFOLD)
'Crucify The Dead' (OZZY OSBOURNE)
'Promise' (Chris Cornell of SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE)
'By The Sword' (Andrew Stockdale of WOLFMOTHER)
'Doctor Alibi' (Lemmy Kilmeister of MOTÖRHEAD)
'Saint Is A Sinner Too' (Rocco De Luca)
'Watch This' (Dave Grohl/Duff McKagan of FOO FIGHTERS/VELVET REVOLVER )
'I Hold On' (KID ROCK)
'Gotten' (Adam Levine of MAROON 5)
'We're All Gonna Die' (IGGY POP)
'Starlight' (Myles Kennedy of ALTER BRIDGE)
